Brush holder



July 8, 1947. r

H. E, PRIEM Filed Jan. 11, 1944 Patented July 8, 1947 The present invention relates to new and useful improvements in brush holders adapted for clamping a handleon a scrub brush and has for its primary object to provide anadjustable clamp for the brush to accommodate brushes of various sizes.

Other objects and advantages reside in the details of construction and operation as more fully hereinafter described and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawings forming part hereof, wherein like numerals refer to like parts throughout, and in which:

Figure 1 is a rear elevational view. Figure 2 is a top plan view.

Figure 3 is an end elevational view. Referring now to the drawings in detail, the

numerals 5 and 6 designate a pair of clamping plates having cooperating recesses I and 8 to form a socket adapted for receiving a handle not shown), the plates being provided with bolts and wing nuts 9 and It at each side of the recesses to tighten the plates on the handle.

The plate 6 has its lower edge bent rearwardly to form a pair of channel-shaped clamping members ii for receiving one edge of a scrub .of the plate l5 having channel-shaped guides l8 slidably receiving the edges of said extension.

A lug I1 is struck up from the plate i5-in parallelism with the lug l3 and a screw l8 connects the lugs I3 and I! to draw the clamping members H and I 4 toward each other against the front and rear edges'of the brush.

The adjustmentof the screwl8 permits use of the brush holder upon brushes of various sizes and may be easily and quickly" attached and detach'ed, when desired.

It is believed that the detailsof construction and manner or use of the device will be readily understood from the foregoing without further detailed explanation. I

Having described the invention, what is claimed as new is: v 1

1 Claim. ((31. 15146) A brush holder comprising front and rear clamping members of sheet metal, said front clamping member embodying a two-part construction and said rear clamping member com- 5 prising a single part, both of said clamping members including upwardly and rearwardly inclined plates spaced from each other and stamped to form a handle receiving socket on their opposed faces, connecting means between the inclined plates to clamp the socket to a handle, a channel member formed on the lower edge of the plate of the rear clamping member adapted for receiving the rear edge of a brush, one part of said front clamping member including a channel member adapted for receiving the front edge of a brush, a horizontal plate projecting from the channel of the front clamping member resting on the brush, guides on the side edges of said horizontal plate, a horizontal extension plate on 20 the'second part of said front clampi n g member and projecting forwardly from the lower edge of its inclined plate and overlying the first horizontal plate for sliding thereon between said guides, integrally formed upstanding apertured g5 tongues rising from the horizontal plates and spaced from each other, and connecting means between the tongues for adjusting the channel of the front clamping member relative to the channel of the rear clamping member in clamp- 80 ing engagement on the brush.

HARRY ELWOOD PRIEM.

REFERENCES CITED 3 'The following references are of record in the i file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Great Britain Oct. 23, 1924 

